Tire.



E. P. BEACH.

TIRE. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 20, 1910.

.Fatemi Apr. 2,5, 1911.

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A ORNEYS EDWARDP. BEACH, or Faser-rotin, NEW Jamin'.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patellicd ADI'.V 25, 1911 Application filed October 20, `1910.,V Serial No.A 588,( 1.4.

To all whom 'it may concern :I

Be it knownthat- I, Eowano P. BEACH, citizen of the United States, residing at Freehold, in the county of Monmouth and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful. In'iprovements in I do hereby declare the following to b e a Afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use thc same, reference being had to the4 accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates toa tire that is adapted to be resilient| and which is in- 'lated and is provided with a. tread which coperates with a puncture-resisting container to ine-lose an inner tube. The container-.is adapted to be fastened, either permanently or detachably, to-the telly. of a wheel so that the tread is detacha-bly secured to the open .side of the container.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inl which- Figure 1 is aside view of a part of a wheel equipped with my improved tire, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the tire showing the fellyA of the wheel in part. Fig. 3 is a modied form of ring us'ed in the rim.

The wheel can Le of any construction iin sofar as its hub, spokes andrim are concerned,

but I illustrate in the drawing a rim 10 Supported on the spokes 11, which rim I illustrate as having a detachable portion 12 so that the tire can be taken from the rim transversely. The rim is recessed to fit ay container 13 which is substantially U-shaped having an open side and having its closed side 13 next to the rim. l On the open side i of the container is arranged the tread 14s which can he attached to the container in a great. number of different ways, but I illustrate the tread as being supi-died, on its inner side, with two long stairs 15 which are preferably made of leath'g-:r or similar material. and a. narrower .strip 16-which iforms, on the :side of the rim, 'annular recesses-which are entered by the right-angled rim-'s 17, these rings being fastened to the container by screws 18. "hen the screws are fasi-cned through the right-angled rings l into the container, the tread is vsecured a l tightly 1n place and the whole device forms a Vchamber for receiving and embracing the inner tubejl); The stem for inflating the inner tube is not. shown, but passes in the usual way through the rim, and, of course, in this construction it also passes through the container.

The tread portion of the tire need not necessarily be made of separate pieces, and I may employ different methods than that illustrated foi-'securing the tread to the container. The portion 14 of the tread is preferably made of rubber, and the right-angled rings' 17 and the container 13 are made ofV a resilient, puncture-resisting material,` and I prefer to employ metal which has a. spring to it, such as brass or steel, but any satable material can be employed lar this purpose In Fig. 3 I show a modified formof ring which has the right-*angled portion to engage the container and also to engage the tread to keep the tread from moving radially on the container with suicientfreedom to displace it, and is also provided with an upwardly extending flange 20 which extends all the way around, and which prevents any transverse or lateral movement of the tread, and in thisway the tread is prevented from having any excessive side movement on the container.

-Having thus described my invcntiomwhat I claim is y The combination of a vehicle wheel having a felly, with a resilientsheet metal container which is annular and has its outer periphery open, a resilient tread having sheets of stiff material of unequal widths secured to its inner side to form recesses on the opposite sides thereof, annular rings to enter the recesses and to bear on the container.

-screws securing the rings to the container.

and an inner tube in the container and bearflated. y Y

. In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto setmy hand this 17th day of October 1910.

' EDIVARD P. BEACH. \\"iiiiesses E. A. lnLL, M. Jonsson'.

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